you are very nice to me and ryan. then matthew asked if the pastor's son, ryan, could come over to play. the two were good buddies. how did your son take the news because you had to tell him, right? >> yeah. i was on the phone and my wife almost fell. she told him and later that night as i tucked ryan in bed, he asked me, did matthew, is matthew in heaven. >> reporter: superstorm sandy, the water has receded, but she left behind a trail of broken hearts. in pennsylvania, north carolina, virginia, new jersey, new york, maryland, west virginia and connecticut. lauren abraham, 24 years old a makeup artist. she died after stepping on a live electrical wire in queens, new york. jesse and jacob were killed in brooklyn while walking their dog. they were hit by a falling tree. a large tree also fell on richard and elizabeth's pickup truck but their children, 11 and 14, also in the truck, survived. bill jr., 61 years old, a long-time princeton, new jersey, resident a tree fell on the house. he went to assess the damage and tha